To find the percentage of a number multiply it by whatever decimal you are using or a fraction that you have to convert into a decimal to find the percent. Example: What is 10% of 25? (.10)(25) = 2.5 so 10% of 25 is 2.5.
Answer:
D. Step 1 only.
Step-by-step explanation:
Here, Josie didn't use the distributive property correctly. The other two steps are still right, so D is correct.
How it should have been done:
x + 3 + 7x(x - 5)
<em>Use the distributive property to multiply 7x by x - 5.</em>
x + 3 + 7x² - 35x (The boldened part is what should have happened for Step 1)
<em>Combine x and -35x to get -34x.</em>
7x² - 34x - 3 is what the earlier equation should be simplified to.
You should first fully understand what an equivalent expression is. This type of expression is an equation that are the same, even though they might look a little different at first glance. When you try to substitute a value to the expression, they will result in the same value at the end.
Happy Studying!